Advanced videocard Benchmarks: Crysis, Quake 4

Crysis is a science fiction first-person shooter
developed by Crytek. Crysis uses Microsoft's new API, DirectX 10 for graphics
rendering, and includes the new engine—the CryEngine 2—that is the successor to
Far Cry's CryEngine. CryEngine 2 is among the first engines to use the DirectX
10 framework of Windows Vista, but can also run using DirectX 9, both on Vista
and Windows XP.

Crysis 1.2 1600x1200 HQ
- AA/AF

1600x1200 4xAA

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2
2GB

36.8

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

21.8

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire)

27.95

MSI
R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

25.2

Asus EAH4850
HTDI/512M

24.7

1600x1200 8xAA

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2
2GB

37.2

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

28.2

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire)

34.52

MSI
R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

28.8

Asus EAH4850
HTDI/512M

26.9

1900x1200 4xAA

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2
2GB

33.8

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

20.3

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire)

24.69

MSI
R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

14.5

Asus EAH4850
HTDI/512M

18

1900x1200 8xAA

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2
2GB

34.2

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

24

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire)

30.88

MSI
R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

24.3

Asus EAH4850
HTDI/512M

23.4

The ASUS EAH3870 X2's drivers aren't working the way
they should in Crysis at 4XAA resolution. Turn up the image quality for better
frame rates.

Quake 4 is the latest shooter from ID and is based on
the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be tougher
on videocards and systems than its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does not have a
60 fps limiter like Doom 3, with the Ultra setting, graphic textures can surpass
the 500MB mark! Each test is run three times and with the third run being
recorded.

ID Software Quake 4 1.3
Custom Demo UQ 1600x1200 - AA/AF Tests

8x AA:

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2
2GB

140.2

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

101.3

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire)

134.1

MSI
R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

97.5

Diamond Viper
Radeon HD 2900XT

103.1

Asus EAH4850
HTDI/512M

126.7

Diamond HD 3650
PE 512

8

nVidia Geforce
9600GTs in SLI

151.6

Asus EN9600GT
Top/HTDI/512M

130.7

Foxconn
9600GT-512NOC

131.3

Palit Geforce
9600GT 512

128

Biostar
V903GT52-NV1AN

123.4

MSI
NX8800GTX-T2D768E

152.5

Foxconn
FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC

130.7

MSI
NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC

124.3

Palit 8800GT
Super+ 1GB

134.4

Foxconn
8600GTS-256

71.8

MSI
NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC

74.9

Biostar
Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS

58.8

16x AA:

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2
2GB

70.6969

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

71.3

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire)

110.5

MSI
R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

64.6

nVidia Geforce
9600GTs in SLI

151.5

Asus EN9600GT
Top/HTDI/512M

127.6

Foxconn
9600GT-512NOC

131.3

Palit Geforce
9600GT 512

131.1

Biostar
V903GT52-NV1AN

122.6

MSI
NX8800GTX-T2D768E

150.6

Foxconn
FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC

127.3

MSI
NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC

122.8

Palit 8800GT
Super+ 1GB

125.5

Foxconn
8600GTS-256

71.1

MSI
NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC

74.2

8xQ AA / 8x AF

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2
2GB

142.2

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

105

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire)

133.6

MSI
R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

97.8

Diamond Viper
Radeon HD 2900XT

123.9

Asus EAH4850
HTDI/512M

126.7

Diamond HD 3650
PE 512

26.7

nVidia Geforce
9600GTs in SLI

137.3

Asus EN9600GT
Top/HTDI/512M

106.2

Foxconn
9600GT-512NOC

105.2

Palit Geforce
9600GT 512

105.2

Biostar
V903GT52-NV1AN

98.2

MSI
NX8800GTX-T2D768E

121.5

Foxconn
FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC

99.8

MSI
NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC

91.8

Palit 8800GT
Super+ 1GB

87.6

Foxconn
8600GTS-256

51.7

MSI
NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC

53.2

Biostar
Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS

58.7

16xQ AA / 16x AF

Points

Ranking

Palit HD4870 X2
2GB

132.4

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A

72.5

Asus
EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire)

92.9

MSI
R3870X2-T2D1G-OC

67.9

Diamond Viper
Radeon HD 2900XT

102.2

Asus EAH4850
HTDI/512M

122.9

nVidia Geforce
9600GTs in SLI

127.4

Asus EN9600GT
Top/HTDI/512M

93.8

Foxconn
9600GT-512NOC

93.9

Palit Geforce
9600GT 512

91.6

Biostar
V903GT52-NV1AN

86.5

MSI
NX8800GTX-T2D768E

100.3

Foxconn
FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC

69.9

MSI
NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC

68.5

Palit 8800GT
Super+ 1GB

83.1

Foxconn
8600GTS-256

31.6

MSI
NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC

32.2

Biostar
Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS

73.75

The ASUS EAH3870 X2 falls in the middle of the pack when
running our Quake IV benchmark. nVidia cards tend to excel here while our AMD
cards don't give quite as high numbers - the same is true for the ASUS EAH3870
X2. Crossfire has again become a detriment to system performance.